ArticleQualitative health research2022
Shifting Social Norms and Adolescent Girls' Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Information in a South African Township.
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- Socio-ecological influences on sexual and reproductive health service use: Young adults and provider perspectives from Soshanguve, South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2026Article
- Promoting responsible sexual behaviour among school-going adolescents in Mpumalanga province in South Africa.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Associations between water insecurity and reproductive health outcomes among adolescent girls and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a package of interventions to improve the performance of health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo to deliver adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health services.Global health action · 2025Article
- Trends and determinants of high-risk fertility in Ethiopia from 2011 to 2019 using spatial and decomposition analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Walking a tightrope: Social support in early adulthood in resource-constrained South Africa.Journal of social and personal relationships · 2025Article
- Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights for ethnic minority girls in Vietnam.Health promotion international · 2024Article
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Abstract
Despite policy on adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and education, teen pregnancies remain common in South Africa. Social norms and cultural resistance are a well-documented challenge for SRH program implementation in South Africa, and beyond. To gain insight on the complex picture of adolescents' access to SRH information and services in a peri-urban township, we explored this topic from a diversity of perspectives, carrying out 86 interviews to capture perceptions of adolescents, their parents, community members, and health professionals. Our research shows that despite the taboo nature of the issue of adolescent SRH, individual positions on adolescent access to SRH services and information are shifting and diverse, and are influenced by factors other than cultural norms. This research serves as a reminder to avoid simplistic reference to "culture" as a way of explaining health-related behaviors and people's responses to health challenges.
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